Sailing away: The complicated calculus of an offshore America's Cup

Will we still love Team NZ if they defend the Auld Mug overseas? Plus, contrasting fortunes for Ferns of different hues.

An Irish news organisation reached out last week to try to gauge what New Zealand’s relationship with the America’s Cup is really like.

It has emerged that Cork - a city I spent a couple of years living and working in around the turn of the century - was a frontrunner to host the next regatta. The debate has been fierce, with locals questioning whether c…